Third Voyage Double IPA | Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

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T: Pine resin is present throughout the taste. Orange, grapefruit citrus hops with caramel, bready malts. Also has an almost bubblegum like flavor...not sure what to attribute that to. Pretty tasty beer.

M: Full and creamy...almost a 5.0.

O: I've never been a big fan of any IPA from Sam Adams before, but this is good. I may not buy this again, but it's left me with a favorable opinion. Would recommend to other IPA fans.

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Poured into an oversized wine glass a deep rich copper/bronze with a well defined 1/2 white head atop,great clarity to the pour.Very light citric hops and sweet alcohol in the nose,very light for the style in my opinion.Like most beers of the style I think its to sweet on the palate,sugary and caramel sweetness to me overtakes the citric hops,a little boozy in the finish.Par for the course as far as the style goes,its good for the style,I have, and am becoming more disenchanted in this style.My least favorite of the new Sam Adams Batch series.

A: A light copper with good clarity. The off-white head is long lasting and made of soapy bubbles.

S: A unusual moderate hops aroma that is mostly earthy and citrus with a touch of tropical fruit character. The malts bring some sweetness and a light caramel note. It's not a knock you sock off IPA aroma but it's not bad either.

A: The moderately-strong malt and hops bitterness are upfront in the taste followed closely bit the moderately-strong hops flavor. The malt sweetness brings a light caramel flavor. The hops are again a blend of citrus and earthly flavors. The balance is fairly bitter with an off-dry finish. The aftertaste is of a lingering hops bitterness.

M: A lightly creamy medium-full bodied beer with moderately-strong carbonation. There is a light warming on the palate.

O: A fairly balanced DIPA that isn't that huge hops blast I tend to get but it's not timid either. I would definitely grab a pint if it was on draft.

A - Pours a beautiful clear orange brown with two fingers of pillowy tan head. head has great retention and leaves nice lacing.

S - Aroma is nice, if a little underwhelming. Subtle aromas of citrus, a bit of pine and caramel malt.

T - Nice balance of caramel malt and pine hops. Sometimes a DIPA with a significant malt presence is a let down for me, but this actually works pretty well. Enough bitter hops to satisfy, but not a hop bomb. Maybe the fact that it is winter makes a more malty DIPA more appealing. Anyway, a good flavor profile with a nice lingering bitterness.

M - Medium mouthfeel that is a bit syrupy initially, but finishes oily, then dry and bitter.

O - I thought this was a pretty enjoyable DIPA, especially considering the $5.99 price point. The DIPA field is pretty crowded, so I'm not sure if I would be compelled to buy this again, but I would be happy to drink it again.

22oz bottle. Pours a clear copper orange with a huge creamy off white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is some bready malts, a little fruit and piney peppery hops with a little resin.

The flavor is sweet caramel malts and some fruit with a big acidic peppery bitterness that lingers in the aftertaste - a bit of salt(?) too. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with smooth carbonation.

Overall, a kind of surprising hop bomb from Sam Adams. I didn't really care for the hop profile though.

Tasty and full flavor DIPA, hops present but balanced here by a healthy load of smooth malt. Rich, smooth and quite enjoyable on the palate and flowing over the tongue. Notes of honey, some lime, hoppy goodness and then again bready sweet malts...perhaps a double English style DIPA is what we have here...well done, quite enjoyable and dangerously easy drinking.

Overall: Maybe the most bitter Sam Adams brew I have had. It also has some of the trademark Sam Adams taste. A decent sipper, but there are a lot more American Double/Imperial IPAs that I would go to first. As an overall beer, it probably deserves a bit better than this score, but there are a lot of excellent imperial IPAs.

The beer pours an orange-amber color with a large white head. The aroma is a mix of orange citrus hops, as well as some caramel and biscuit malt. Smells like a malt-forward Double IPA. The flavor is similar to the aroma. I get a lot of toffee and biscuit malt, with some bitter oranges and a little bit of pine mixed in. The bitterness is low to medium. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

This offering from Sam Adams settles with a light head, which gives way to a light ring around the glass within a minute or so. The color is a bit dark for an IPA, reminiscent of Southern Tier’s Unearthly. A light citrusy hop aroma is apparent in the nose, not quite as strong as a traditional west coast IPA, but pleasant none the less. The beer tastes well balanced, with malt sweetness evident up front and the hop character winning in the end as expected. This double IPA tastes a bit stronger than the ABV rating suggests, 8.0, with an alcohol warming light hoppy and syrupy mouth feel, followed by a hoppy finish that’s not too bitter. I’d give it a 7 out of 10 on the smoothness scale. One aspect I particularly enjoyed was this is one of the few in Boston Beer Company’s line-up that does not immediately taste like a Sam Adams. I enjoy many Sam Adams beers, but they all seem to have a similar taste profile, a palate predictability if you will…regardless of style, which in my opinion detracts from their beers to a degree. In a blind taste test I would not have guessed this was from Sam Adams.

Overall I would recommend the voyage to your local off license or favorite watering hole to give this limited release a try. A similar tasting double IPA is Long Trail’s double IPA.

Reviewed on International IPA Day 2012, poured from bottle into a Sam Adams Glass.

Appearance: Darker golden amber color with about two fingers of off-white head that lasted about 5 minutes. A small amoutn of spotty lacing on the glass.

Smell: Very sweet smelling, very much like the smell of a good fruit salad. Some hops can be detected in the backround.

Mouthfeel/Taste: I would say this beer is on the heavier side and call it full bodied. Well balanced and smooth. Up front you have the heavy bitterness that is decieving from the sweet smell. It finishes off with a nice bitter sweet taste, and maybe some carmel and toasted malts?

Overall: It was decent Double IPA, I certainly will revisit this brew again

Smell: Toast and the expected citrus from the Cascade. Surprisingly light aroma. Was this dry hopped? If not, it should have been.

Taste: Nice showcase for Cascade. Not sure if anyone can really tell that the hops came from three different regions, but there is strong orange, grapefruit and spicy bitterness. Malt backbone is semi-sweet with toast and caramel.